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1/13/2006 inthisstyle: Getting Indie Games Going in Your Area
There are a lot of game designers living in and around New York City, and the Dreamation convention has become a real gathering place for designers due to their very…
In Conventions
Participants: inthisstyle, Iskander, Zach.

1/13/2006 Matthew Glover: Demo tips?
I've been chattering nonstop about how cool Capes is to pretty much anybody who doesn't tell me to shut up already, and so tomorrow I've got two different dates to…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, TonyLB, Kai_lord.

1/13/2006 Vaxalon: Relationships with demons - name them?
Demons are supposed to be faceless. They seem to me to gain a face, though, when written down on a sorceror's relationship list. What do you write there?  Just, "Demon…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, Wolfen, TheHappyAnarchist, Brendan, Levi Kornelsen.

1/13/2006 coffeestain: UtB: Cody's First Day (finally!)
I finally got to play my first session of UtB last night and the rules held up quite well (though there were a couple of confusing points, a few of…
In glyphpress
Participants: coffeestain, nikola.

1/13/2006 Maitete: [Sorcerer] Real World Premise?
Hey all, I have a long-term group of friends with whom I have been gaming weekly for around 6 years.  I've had several dysfunctional moments with one particular member of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Maitete, Lamorak33, bcook1971, Ron Edwards, May.

1/13/2006 WRPIgeek: [Forty Thieves] Short game
Hello again. I got bored one day and decided to get some design practice by making a few very short games. I thought I'd be able to pull off one…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: WRPIgeek, Joshua BishopRoby, Unco Lober, Zach.

1/12/2006 red5angel: new guy looking for help and input
ok, so I just recently discovered the Forge and there's a lot to get through before I feel like I've got a solid base so I apologize if I make…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: red5angel, rafial, IagainstI, dindenver.

1/12/2006 Arturo G.: [DitV] Assigning traits to NPCs on the fly
This question was brought up when reading the thread Tearing down the DM's screen. I've noticed that when I pick one of the proto-NPCs, to transform it in an important…
In lumpley games
Participants: Arturo G., coffeestain, lumpley, Transit, daHob, Andrew Morris, Technocrat13, Doug Ruff, Wolfen, TheHappyAnarchist, epweissengruber, Eliarhiman6, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, nikola, drnuncheon.

1/12/2006 lumpley: Dogs in the Vineyard's sales to date
Everyone here reads the publishing forum, right? -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Vaxalon.

1/12/2006 lumpley: Dogs in the Vineyard's sales
In case anybody's interested, I've just posted a chart showing Dogs in the Vineyard's lifetime direct sales at my blog: Year-end sales chart. I welcome questions and comments, here or…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, MatrixGamer, JakeVanDam, Thunder_God, timopod.

1/12/2006 Brendan: Tearing down the DM's screen
I'm running a Dogs game at last, after a few false starts.  I'm Storytelling for the moment and I bought the book first, but I've got as much to learn…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brendan, coffeestain, Vaxalon, lumpley, Andrew Morris.

1/12/2006 Warren: A bad session and how to make dice-rolling and 'metagaming' non-evil?
Hello all, I have recently joined a group through a friend at work. I don't know any of the others socially outside of the weekly Vampire campaign I joined in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Warren, TonyLB, jasonm, Ron Edwards, jrs, daHob, coffeestain, Tommi Brander, pells, Bankuei, dindenver, John Kim, Joshua BishopRoby, Frank T, HenryT, Maitete, Noon, Everspinner, Aceris, Caldis.

1/12/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [DitV] three's company
I was going to mention this in the Newton's Rock thread, but I figure it's a completely different topic, so I'll make a new thread. The requirement for there to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Wolfen, coffeestain, lumpley, oliof.

1/12/2006 coffeestain: Sorcerers and the possessed
Hello, I'm looking for a little guidance in using sorcerers and possessed folk in my Dogs games.  As a GM, I enjoy the opportunity for extra dice and all of…
In lumpley games
Participants: coffeestain, Wolfen, daHob, Vaxalon, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist.

1/12/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [DitV] My First Town (Newton's Rock)
Well, I finally got around to getting some players together for this game I've been meaning to play for months. The town creation rules really are a most excellent device…
In lumpley games
Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, jasonm, Wolfen, lumpley, Technocrat13.

1/12/2006 sayter: [Realm] Potential Changes?
    Been tryin to write up a lot of the data recently, and had a sort of fun thought. Bear with me here, its just an idea, yet, nothing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sayter, dindenver, Bill Masek, tygertyger.

1/11/2006 oneofthesedays: Female here...
as a female, do any of the males think i would like burning wheel?
In Burning Wheel
Participants: oneofthesedays, rafial, dunlaing, abzu, urbanpagan, Tommi Brander, energy.

1/11/2006 oneofthesedays: Issues Replying...
Anyone else having problems replying to certain posts???  Help!
In Site Discussion
Participants: oneofthesedays, jrs.

1/11/2006 Artanis: AP with the veterans and theory becomes clearer
This thread is especially meant as an advice to newcomers who want to make sense of the articles and sometimes abstract talk going on in various threads. How to learn…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis, Ron Edwards, Frank T.

1/11/2006 xternal: Selling new players?
[quote author=coffeestain link=topic=18275.msg193071#msg193071 date=1136814661] So, I'm having a really hard time getting new players (new, as in new to DitV and new to this style of gaming) through character creation…
In lumpley games
Participants: xternal, lumpley, Wolfen, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, coffeestain, Levi Kornelsen, Brendan, Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, Blankshield, Bankuei, oliof, Frank T, TheHappyAnarchist, Yokiboy, Iskander, Paka.

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1/13/2006 Anna B: Changeling vs Vampire
I'm try to understand why I really like old World of Darkness Changeling and  rather dislike Vampire. I've only played both in Minds Eye Theater (the LARP system) and the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Anna B, HenryT, Joshua BishopRoby, Andrew Morris.

1/13/2006 Frank T: [Vampire] Hartwurst and Vanilla
We’ve been fumbling with a lot of GNS lately on GroFaFo. One of the issues that arose was about points of contact, the significance of “mere” exploration, and creative agenda.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank T, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards.

1/14/2006 Gaerik: Woohoo!
I got my BW!  I got my BW! These are nice looking books, btw, Luke. Sorry...  I was just enthusiastic about my books arriving.
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Gaerik, abzu.

1/14/2006 lin swimmer: (octaNe) question for players
Fuck, man. I was sitting around with some friends tonight, re-watching From Dusk til Dawn, and I couldn't stop thinking to myself, "I wanna play this." I wanna play a…
In Actual Play
Participants: lin swimmer, abzu.

1/14/2006 Latreya Sena: [Tenjin] Pure Combat
So I thought of a game I’d like to play and lo and behold nothing exactly like it exists (to my limited knowledge). It’s an idea I’ve had for a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Latreya Sena, dindenver, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, joepub, Andy Kitkowski, zematus.

1/14/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - with prepared players
I'm currently working on a rpg project, based on content and on a way to write stories. This is an example of play with players who had been playing my…
In Actual Play
Participants: pells, Tommi Brander.

1/15/2006 Andrew Morris: [InSpectres and Capes] Two-game night: fun, but not all it could have been
I had another meeting of my semi-regular indie gaming group tonight, and we decided to play InSpectres. We whipped through three missions and still had some time left, so we…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Miskatonic, Sydney Freedberg.

1/15/2006 Space Cowboy: Wild Sphere is seeking a Web Guru
Wild Sphere is seeking a new energetic, highly-talented, and motivated Web Designer/Site Administrator to join our growing team.  Wild Sphere is a Space Western multimedia project: The original flagship product…
In Connections
Participants: Space Cowboy.

1/15/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Making the First Coat.
So, my GF and I are making some Dogs coats as costume for taking our game Live. ...Yes, real ones. For the first one (kind of a prototype dry-run), we…
In lumpley games
Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, rrr, TheHappyAnarchist, Wolfen, lumpley, ladylakira, DainXB, faerieloch.

1/15/2006 jlarke: [DITV] Unlurk, and advice on making a town
Hello all! Ever since I heard about DITV I had a sense it was the game I didn't know I'd been waiting for. This forum has been very helpful to…
In lumpley games
Participants: jlarke, Wolfen, Simon Kamber, Everspinner.

1/15/2006 Zach: [Errant Gear] The Background and Philosophy
Hello again. While rethinking the function of The Legend of Saucy Jack, I became distracted by giant robots. My wandering led me to a place that I enjoy, so the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zach, Joshua BishopRoby, joepub.

1/15/2006 weasel fierce: Hey guys. My BRP fantasy
Hey all. This is my first post here, though I've been eyeing the discussions for a bit. My project that Im working on, is not really anything new, and so…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: weasel fierce, Tommi Brander, Technocrat13, MikeSands, Noon, droog, Ron Edwards.

1/15/2006 Tommi Brander: Sim systems
I have traditionally liked GMing as running a setting, where players can do pretty much whatever they want. Sometimes in quite defined setting (http://s14.invisionfree.com/Tablets_of_Dleinr/index.php?showforum=1, sometimes a kitchen sink one (http://s14.invisionfree.com/Tablets_of_Dleinr/index.php?showforum=2).…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tommi Brander, Kintara, Caldis, Noon, Silmenume, Justin Marx, Ron Edwards.

1/15/2006 Frank T: [PtA] One on one with my girlfriend
Yesterday, something wonderful happened to me. I’m just sharing it here, with no particular points beside the conclusion at the bottom of this post. I’ll have to start this story…
In Actual Play
Participants: Frank T, coffeestain, Matt Wilson, Justin Marx.

1/15/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [FLFS] Second Playtest -- HMS Achilles
For context, first Playtest here: First Playtest -- HMS Dauntless Timeframe: 3:00 - 5:00 First Session      3:30 - 4:00 Character Creation      4:00 - 5:00 Engineering…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joshua BishopRoby.

1/16/2006 Troy_Costisick: [Hierarchy] Getting the castes right
Heya, Hierarchy's revision is complete and I'll be uploading for download very soon.  Here's where you can download the origonal: http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Hierarchy.php One question I have for folks though is this:…
In Endeavor
Participants: Troy_Costisick, dindenver, Justin Marx, Ramidel, Sydney Freedberg, BigElvis.

1/16/2006 abzu: Boston/Vericon at the End of the Month
Hey folks, I'll be at Vericon at the end of the month doing a panel with Vincent Baker and Jared Sorensen. Is there any interest in my running a game?…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

1/16/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2006] Last Minute Details
Okay, we've only got a handful of days until the convention. Luckily, we've only got a handful of things left to do. (1) Online promotion. If you have a weblog,…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, Diabolik.

1/16/2006 Jasper Polane: [Cosmic Combat] New Mission Pool Mechanics
Development of my game Cosmic Combat continues. You can download the newest version of the game here: http://www.jasper.coolmove.nl/cc.html Version 0.2 still has most of the problems with situation and procedures…
In Endeavor
Participants: Jasper Polane, Ron Edwards, Graham Walmsley, Nathanie V2.1, dindenver.

1/16/2006 Jonathan Hastings: TSoY and Trollbabe: Okay play, Great lessons
I ran two games recently, with very mixed results.  The players were the same for both games: Nick, who is in my regular rpg group, and Mark, a very good…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Hastings, Arturo G., Frank T, John Harper, Mark Dellelo.

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